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Black Tie
03:28
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Black Tie, white lies
You’re looking kind of nice
I think you could like me
And you’re my type of guy
Black Tie, gold smile
I’m feeling pretty shy
Across these waves of beauty you see me
Who struggles to meet your eye
Shadow chasing
Racing to the night
I’m looking out of this party
And I don't feel like I’m inside
Please can you take my hand
Let’s go for a walk
Quieter than the moon
Away from pointless talk
There’s too many people, people in this room
Away from pointless talk
Away from pointless talk
Away, away, away, away,
Away from pointless talk
Black Tie, blue eyes
There’s something about you
Is it that smile?
Or the cut of that suit?
Black Tie, dream guy
I wish you were true
Cos’ there’s a part of me
That’s longing for you
Please can you take my hand
Let’s go for a walk
Quieter than the moon
Away from pointless talk
There’s too many people, people in this room
Away from pointless talk
Away from pointless talk
Away, away, away, away,
Away from pointless talk
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Tiger Tiger
03:21
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Tiger Tiger burning bright
Will you let me sleep tonight?
Temptations hard to bare
Neon jungle's just over there
These starry eyes turn so cold
When i think of being bold
Won’t just be a fleeting notion
Tiger Tiger we’ll cross that ocean
Ambition
No telling
Ambition
I’m not telling
Round corners to find
That scene gonna make it mine
These hopeful dreams
Float round my head
As I lay awake in bed
Black and gold prowling
Through my mind
Preying on such precious time
Ambition
No telling
Ambition
I’m not telling
Round corners to find
That scene gonna make it mine
Ambition
No telling
Ambition
I’m not telling
Round corners to find
That scene gonna make it mine
Tiger Tiger burning bright
Will you let me sleep tonight?
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Poster Boy Smile
02:56
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I’m beginning to think that
Hockney had the right idea
A pool with two figures
Would you like to join me dear?
With your
Poster Boy smile
Swimming pools and foreign friends
Your poster boy smile
Has swimming pools and foreign friends
Your poster boy smile
Has romance that never ends
Never ends
Never ends
Come on Blue Eyes,
Leave your shirt and tie by the edge
Dive into the white and blue
Give the sun your pledge
For all the palm trees and cloudless skies
They never can detract
From the envy that I feel
for the sun rays that kiss your back
With your
Poster Boy smile
Swimming pools and foreign friends
Your poster boy smile
Has swimming pools and foreign friends
Your poster boy smile
Has romance that never ends
Never ends
Never ends
Or we can wait until the moonlight
Creates a disco on the water
Or we can wait until the moonlight
creates a disco on the water
And we can dip our feet in the fluorescent light
And embrace like the water
And we can dip our feet in the fluorescent light
And embrace like the water
With your
Poster Boy smile
Swimming pools and foreign friends
Your poster boy smile
Has swimming pools and foreign friends
Your poster boy smile
Has romance that never ends
Never ends
Never ends
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Mr Newton
04:06
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At midnight I’m bathed in the haze
Of my TV set
The Visitor paints a lonely picture
Inside my TV set
I think Mr Newton’s had enough
At midnight I search for my mood
As I remain in the glow
The visitor misplaced his too
So he remains, nowhere to go
I think Mr Newton’s had enough
Noise for noise, wall to wall
Blue Bayou just filters through
Talk to me won’t you tell me
But the TV’s up to ten
At midnight I study the walls
Watching my shadows swim
The visitor drowns his sorrows
But they’ve learnt how to swim
I think Mr Newton’s had enough
Noise for noise, wall to wall
Blue Bayou just filters through
Talk to me won’t you tell me
But the TV’s up to ten
At midnight there’s frost on my skin
The fire is dying out
The visitor drops his glass
The fire is dying out.
I think Mr Newton’s had enough
Noise for noise, wall to wall
Blue Bayou just filters through
Talk to me won’t you tell me
But the TV’s up to ten
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Blue Eyes
03:16
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I wish I could walk up to those big blue eyes
And get lost for a little while
In those worlds we dance on sand
Horizons paint that sunrise smile
But all my words just fail me
I’ve lost my way completely
If only he would say
If only he would say
Oh what’s your name?
And how are you today?
I wish that’s what Simon says
I’m new to the game
And language leaves my head
Every time
You walk into view
Oh Blue Eyes
you make me blue
Oh Blue Eyes
let me have you
So it’s fair to say
I just get swept away
And there’s nothing I can do
But eye to eye electric shot
Shoots me right through
Remake/ remodel is there such a way?
I know there is never the words to say
It’s the game so hard to play
So hard to play
Oh what’s your name?
And how are you today?
I wish that’s what Simon says
I’m new to the game
And language leaves my head
Every time
You walk into view
Oh Blue Eyes
you make me blue
Oh Blue eyes
let me have you
Oh Blue Eyes
you make me blue
Oh Blue Eyes
you make me blue
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The paperback pages of an open book
Are never as they seem
Romance always happens to someone else
But only to me in a dream
Is it something I’m doing wrong?
Is there anything I could change?
‘Cause time’s been passing so long
I’m scared I’m out of range
You wouldn’t know what to do with love
And it wouldn’t know what to do with you
Oh you wouldn’t know what to do with love
And it wouldn’t know what to do with you
From the beautiful to the damned
There’s always a better face to see
The sirens call from the ragged rocks
Will tempt your eyes from me
Is it something I’m doing wrong?
Is there anything I could change?
‘Cause times been passing so long
I’m scared I’m out of range
I’m scared I’m out of range
I’m scared I’m
I’m scared I’m
I’m scared
I’m scared
I’m
I’m
You wouldn’t know what to do with love
And it wouldn’t know what to do with you
Oh you wouldn’t know what to do with love
And it wouldn’t know
No it wouldn’t know
No, it wouldn’t know
No it wouldn’t know
No, it wouldn’t know what to do with you
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Carousel
04:36
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Faces in silhouette
Why should I need to know?
All this backwards talking
It’s all mirage and shadows
The horse has fallen from the carousel
All because of your kiss and tell
again my friend
But I don’t think I could face it all again
Voices through the walls, the walls
The sun has set and day is done
Burning bridges shore to shore
The one that was always here now has gone
The horse has fallen from the carousel
All because of your kiss and tell
I would say let’s spin round again my friend
But I don’t think I could face it all again
Voices through the walls, the walls
The sun has set day is done
Burning bridges shore to shore
The one that was always here now has gone
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Night Circus
05:35
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Okay I’ll admit
I’m afraid of the dark
Cos’ the night inflicts
Such dirty tricks
And shadows play their part
Without the soft moonlight
Or the glow from my stereo
Harsh figures appear
Created in fear
And time moves too slow
So will you sit with me when the Night Circus comes around, once again, to see me
Black ribbons
And red silhouettes
Are running free
With complacency
If I ever forget
Oh I’m tired of jumping
At the colour of every sound
And the muse on the wall
Says nothing at all
But he’s the only friend around
So will you sit with me when the Night Circus comes around, once again, to see me
My imagination is friend and foe
When creatures are running wild
And I know when I’m shaking
I can escape with my muse for a while
So will you sit with me when the Night Circus comes around, once again, to see me
Once again, to see me
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Angel Of Stone
03:47
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Please don’t ambush me with tears in your eyes
‘Cause I just can’t cope
It’s like running a
Vertical slope
I said leave well alone
(go find someone new)
I said leave well alone
(go find someone who)
I said leave well alone
(who can keep on loving you)
Cause I’m an angel made of stone
I’m not the one you want
And I’m not the one you need
When your heart turns to freeze
You know emotion brings me to my knees
I said leave well alone
(go find someone new)
I said leave well alone
(go find someone who)
I said leave well alone
(who can keep on loving you)
Cause I’m an angel made of stone
Well I’ll search every corner
To find the peace you need
But right here, right now darling
It just can’t be me
Oh no it can’t be me
I said leave well alone
(go find someone new)
I said leave well alone
(go find someone who)
I said leave well alone
(who can keep on loving you)
Cause I’m an angel made of stone
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10. |
Splendid Isolation
03:59
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Painted words, Tainted love
Maybe they’ll evaporate and float above
Pacing, i’ll slide along the walls
Close like waves to the shore
Motion to myself for another word
But there’s a rhyme and reason that is never heard
Shaded doubts, lighter dreams
Calms monologues that tend to lean
On me like they do on you
I’m reassured by your point of view
Motion to myself for another word
But there’s a rhyme and reason that is never heard
In this Splendid Isolation
For me
Only connect, solely adrift
Shattered, the glass ship it shifts
Black from out of the blue
Tell me have you felt that too?
Motion to me for a sense of the world
Can’t take reflection out of the girl
All too quiet, my mind's on fire
I can’t give love what it desires
Racing but going nowhere
Question of do or dare
Motion to me for a sense of it all
Wrapped in your arms curled up like a ball
In this Splendid Isolation
For me
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Sophie Mahon & The Ready Mades Stowmarket, UK
“[Sophie] might have been born a decade too late to be a New Romantic, but she’s bang on time to start the revival.”
- Maddy Costa, April 19th 2016
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